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WAG.... Murphy has moved on
peregrine:
--- Quote from: Fcrate on July 04, 2018, 09:34:45 PM ---Oh, and isn't God supposed to help those who help themselves? So you take action, lift that baseball bat (or preferably a 12 guage shotgun) against the intruder, rest assured that you're doing the right thing. By God, if not by Law.
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"God helps those who help themselves" is in no way part of the Bible.
"'Vengeance is mine, I will repay,' saith the Lord" IS however.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Fcrate on July 04, 2018, 09:34:45 PM ---Somehow I don't see any character of DF that would do that. Much less Michael the fist of God himself.
Oh, and isn't God supposed to help those who help themselves? So you take action, lift that baseball bat (or preferably a 12 guage shotgun) against the intruder, rest assured that you're doing the right thing. By God, if not by Law.
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Actually no. You are probably more at home with old Norse paganism or something like that.
There is some truth in "Christianity is for sheep" and religions for sheep came up with stronger states and bigger populations, high populations of wolves are unmanageable.
But if central government breaks down, becomes weak or widely discredited being a sheep makes you an easy prey, it does not work anymore. people will fall back to some form of honor culture which is both about showing power and trying not to provoke people.
But if Christianity is too deeply entrenched going back to old Norse paganism is not an option. In a society without a state church you can however invent your own Christianity and that is widely done.
Kindler:
Ehh...the duty to call the police instead of handling it yourself first is different from state to state. Stand Your Ground laws and Castle Doctrine states offer various protections to those defending their property, not just their lives.
Anyway:
--- Quote from: Fcrate on July 04, 2018, 03:27:02 PM ---A man tries to kill my daughter better pray to God for mercy. I won't have any. I'll just kill him. If he succeeded however, that's where torture comes in.
Maybe that's just me, but I doubt anyone would do any less if their children were threatened, and they had the ability to do something about it.
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They'd see the path of destruction between me and them from space.
--- Quote from: Mira on July 04, 2018, 12:02:18 PM ---At the end of Skin Game, Michael didn't use Uriel's Grace even though he knew that Nic and company were going after his family. I guess one could argue that since he suddenly had trouble walking that the Grace had gone back to Uriel, but he fought like a mortal, so I doubt that it had.
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No, I'm pretty certain Uriel was still mortal; didn't he get a nosebleed or something during the Carpenter House fight? Regardless, Michael had the opportunity and motive to abuse Uriel's Grace, but didn't. Though, at that point, I think he was putting his faith in Harry, too, not just TWG.
raidem:
Right now, there seems to be only one character that can generate so much discussion. It is Murphy. I mean right now, we are on 20 pages of Murphy discussion. I just looked briefly through the forums on the first few pages, nothing comes close.
The one character that Jim has us most interested in it seems is Murphy.
peregrine:
Well, there's interested in, and then there's passionate about (seeing killed off).
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